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No. 560,674. Patented May 26, 1896.

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OEErcE.

CARROLL ATWOOD, OF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,674, dated May 26,1896. Application filed DQ081111? 17, 1895. Serial No. 572,413. (Nomodel.)

T0 in whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARROLL ATWOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in slidinggates; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple andcheap yet durable gate mounted to slide upon rollers guided by asuitable track, and providedwith operating means by which it may bereadily opened and automatically locked or held in its open position,and so constructed as to permit of the automatic closing of the gatewhen the operating-lever has been moved a predetermined distance.

I provide a three-armed lever pivoted at the I junction of the threearms and one of the lat ter carrying a weight, the end of one of theother arms being connected with the gate, and the third serving as ahandle for its manipulation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention in this instance resides in the peculiar combinations andthe construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as morefully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved gate shown in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the gate, showing the position of the parts when the gate is open.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both the views.

end, as seen at b, and extend within the passage of the postA when thegate is closed, as seen in Fig. 1.

This gate is provided with the rollers O, journaled in the lower railthereof and adapted to travel upon the track or guide D, as shown inboth the views.

This track or guide maybe fixed in position in any suitable manner andextends through the passage-way in the post A and to the latch ipOSfi E,as shown. It is preferably formed of a piece of metal set on edge andheld in a groove or kerf f in the timber F, as seen in Fig. '1. Thismakes a very cheap yet strong and efficient track or guide. I

The latch-post should be suitably braced, as by the braces E, and isprovided with the blocks 6, between which the end stile of the gate isdesigned to be held when closed.

The gate is mounted to slide freely upon the track and is actuated bythe following means: G is a three-armed lever pivotally mounted on thepost A by a pivot g, passed through a hole in the said lever at thejunction of the three arms thereof, thev said pivot being held in theblock H, secured to the post so as to throw the lever out a sufficientdistance to enable it to clear the cap and post in its movements.A'washer g is provided between the head of the pivot and the lever, asshown. One arm of this lever constitutes the handle G, by means of whichit may be manipulated. The arm G extending in the same general directionfrom the opposite side of the pivot, is offset at g to throw the freeend inward, and this end has pivotally connected thereto the rod or linkI, the other end of which is attached to the end stile of the gate, asshown, at about the mid-height thereof. This rod is offset at i, so thatthe main portion of the rod shall lie in a plane substantially parallelwith the gate, so as to prevent any side strain on the parts inoperation. The arm G extends at a right angle to the other arms of thelever and has slidingly mounted upon it a weight J, which may beadjusted thereon and held in its adjusted positions by a screw K, asshown.

From the foregoing description, when taken in connection with theannexed drawings, the operation will be readily understood. WVhen thegate is closed, it is held with the parts in the position in which theyare shown in Fig. 1, the weighted arm holding the arm G and the rod Iforward. When it is desired to open the gate, the handle G is pushed inthe direction of the arrow in Fig. 1, and but little power is requiredto open it. As soon as the handle has been moved so far that the partsassume the position in which they are shown in Fig. 2 the gate will beautomatically locked or. held against closing until a short angularmovement has been given to the lever, when the weight acts to throw thegate forward into its closed position. It will be observed that when thegate is open the rod I will be thrown into an inclined position with theend that is connected to the end stile of the gate the higher. Thisfurther tends to hold the gate in its open position. The weight can beeasily adjusted to counterbalance the gate if any adjustment isnecessary, or to adapt it for use in connection with gates of varyingsizes and weights. The automatic lockin g of the gate is brought aboutby the proportions between the arms G and G of the three-armed lever,and also thatbetween the vertical distances from the pivot g to the twoends of the rod I when the gate is fully open.

What is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with the gate mounted toslide, of agate-post and a three-armed lever pivoted near the upper endof said post at the junction of its three arms with two of its arms inthe same straight line, one of them extending above the gate, forming ahandle the opposite arm connected with the end stile of the gate nearits center and the arm at right angles thereto provided with a weight,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a sliding gate, of a post having a passage-waytherethrough for the passage of the gate, a three-armed lever with twoof its arms in the same straight line and one extended above the gate,forming a handle, said lever being pivoted on said post near its upperend and having its third arm at a right angle to the other two, a rodconnecting the second arm of the lever with the gate with the endsecured to the gate at all times the highest, and a weight adjustableupon the other arm of said lever, substantially as specified.

The combination with a sliding gate, of a gate-post having a passage-way there through, a three-armed lever with two of its arms in the samestraight line one of them extended above the gate, forming a handle, andthe lower arm offset, a rod connecting said arm with the end stile ofthe gate near its center and offset, and a weight adjustable on the armthat extends at a right angle to the two arms, said rod having the endattached to the gate always highest, substantially as specified.

4E. The combination with the post having a passage-way therethrough andhaving its top and bottom rails extended as at Z), of a threearmed leverpivotally mounted at the junction of its arms on the upper end of thepost having two of its arms in the same straight line with one armextended above the gate, forming a handle and the other connected withthe end stile of the gate by a rod with the end thereof which is securedto the gate always the highest and the arm at right angles theretoprovided with a weight, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARROLL ATWOOD. \Vitnesses:

H. H. DRAPER, M. C. CoPPLE.

